Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Extraordinary

Extraordinary , adjective

[Latin extraordinarius; extra on the outside + ordinarius: compare French extraordinaire. See Ordinary.]

1.
Beyond or out of the common order or method; not usual, customary, regular, or ordinary; as, extraordinary evils; extraordinary remedies.
Which dispose To something extraordinary my thoughts. — Milton
2.
Exceeding the common degree, measure. or condition; hence, remarkable; uncommon; rare; wonderful; as, extraordinary talents or grandeur.
3.
Employed or sent upon an unusual or special service; as, an ambassador extraordinary.

Extraordinary ({not transcribed}) , noun

That which is extraordinary; -- used especially in the plural; as, extraordinaries excepted, there is nothing to prevent success.
Their extraordinary did consist especially in the matter of prayers and devotions. — Jer. Taylor